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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Degrees of comparison

What are the degrees of comparison for 'dead' please?

  

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If you are using it in its literal sense, the word has no degrees. One can't be 'deader' than dead. It you are using in the sense of 'not very lively', then we have 'deader' and 'deadest.

— Fivejedjon

  • If you are using it in its literal sense, the word has no degrees.
  • One can't be 'deader' than dead.
  • It you are using in the sense of 'not very lively', then we have 'deader' and 'deadest.
  • The Roxy Club was deader than usual last night.
  • In fact, it was the deadest I have seen it for months.
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If you are using it in its literal sense, the word has no degrees. One can't be 'deader' than dead.

It you are using in the sense of 'not very lively', then we have 'deader' and 'deadest.


The Roxy Club was deader than usual last night. In fact, it was the deadest I have seen it for months.

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